Aswangs
Irina Contreras and Nico Dacumos
USA, 2010, 7min, E
A story is told in several different ways.
One person recounts a story they were
told as a child while another version
exploring the queerness of the story is
told at the same time. Ein und die selbe
Geschichte wird auf unterschiedliche
Arten erzählt. Eine Person erzählt eine
Geschichte, welche sie als Kind hörte. Jemand
anderes untersucht die Queerness
der selben.

Pashke and Sofia
Karin Michalski
Germany, 2003, 30min, Albanian/ESubs
Pashke (62) lives as a “sworn virgin”
since s/he was thirty what means that
s/he lives the social role of men. This is
part of the Albanian tradition where
women take over the rights and duties
of men when the family situation needs
it or when they don’t want to marry.
Pashke (62) lebt als eine “geschworene
Jungfrau” seit si_er dreissig ist. Das bedeutet,
dass Si_er in der gesellschaftlichen
Rolle eines Mannes lebt. Dies ist Teil der

Çürük – The Pink Report
Ulrike Böhnisch
Turkey/Germany, 2011, 75min; in english, german, turkish with english or german subtitles
The Turkish army considers homosexuality a mental disorder which exonerates young men from military service, but also requires a medical diagnosis to be reached through both psychological and more invasive (and humiliating) diagnostic procedures. This film tells the heartfelt stories of several gay men, who have made entirely different choices about military service. Due to missing freedom of speech the young men are forced to hide their faces while exposing one of Turkeys bigest taboos.
In diesem Dokumentarfilm geht es um Schwule im türkischen Militär und die Ausmusterung, die in der Türkei auf Grund von Homosexualität möglich ist – Schwulsein wird schließlich als visuell nachweisbare Krankheit betrachtet.
www.curuk-film.dein Anwesenheit der Filmemacherin und einen der Interviewten.

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Billie Rain, Basil Shadid
US, 2011, 81min; english mit deutschen UT
A model queer activist and poet, Jesus (Maximillian Davis) prides himself in his work with the Seattle LGBT community. At the same time, Jesus is having unprotected sex and cheating on his long-time partner Johnny (Samonte Cruz). Jesus’s world implodes when he discovers that he is HIV positive, forcing him to confront his innermost fears, his relationship with his ex-boyfriend, and a future living with HIV. Faced with the unknown, Jesus is pulled from the brink of self-destruction by Sister Alysa Trailer (Brian Peters), a drag nun who leads him down a path of self-discovery.www.heartbreaksopen.com